Horton Gallery

Aaron Spangler's work will be included in a group exhibition of works from Takashi Murakami's personal collection at his Kaikai Kiki Co. gallery in Taipei between the dates of August 23 - September 30, 2010.

Keltie Ferris is mentioned by Roberta Smith in a review of Spray! at D'Amelio Terras in The New York Times.

The gallery is pleased to announce that Leidy Churchman has been awarded a Rijks Akademie Residency in Amsterdam for 2011. The artist was chosen from a pool of over 2000 applicants to be one of 25 participants.

Leidy Churchman is mentioned by Roberta Smith in Take Me Out to the Big Show in Queens in The New York Times, which reviews "Greater New York" at P.S.1.

Aaron Spangler's work will be included in a two-person show with Alison E. Taylor called American Gothic, curated by Steven Matijcio, at Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, between the dates of February 11 - May 8, 2011.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Progressive Collection, Cleveland, OH has acquired several photographs by Eve Fowler for their permanent collection.

The gallery is pleased to announce that Saul Becker has been awarded a NYFA Fellowship.

Eve Fowler's work will be included in the 2010 California Biennial curated by Sarah Bancroft at the Orange County Museum of Art between the dates of October 24 - March 13, 2010.

Leidy Churchman's work will be included in Greater New York curated by by Klaus Biesenbach, Director of MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at The Museum of Modern Art; Connie Butler, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings, The Museum of Modern Art; and Neville Wakefield, MoMA PS1 Senior Curatorial Advisor. The exhibition is on view at P.S.1 between the dates of May 23 – October 18, 2010.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Dallas Museum of Art has acquired Like Achilles, 2009 for their permanent collection.

Aaron Spangler's solo exhibition Government Whore is reviewed by Joseph Wolin in Time Out New York. Read it here.

Aaron Spangler is featured in Doug McClemont's New York Highlights on Saatchi Online Magazine.

The gallery is pleased to announce that Aaron Spangler has been awarded a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Visual Artists.

The gallery is pleased to announce that Michael Jones McKean has been awarded a fellowship to assist in "research and artistic creation" from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.

Leidy Churchman is mentioned by Roberta Smith in Painting in the 21st Century: It’s Not Dry Yet, in The New York Times.

The gallery is pleased to announce that Daniel Rich has been awarded a studio grant from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation.

Michael Jones McKean's work will be included in Manif d'art 5, Biennale de Quebec, curated by Sylvie Fortin, between the dates of May 1 – June 13, 2010.

Sean Horton is listed as an Up-and-Coming Dealer in "East Coast Versus West Coast Rivalry: Who are the art world machers making the cities what they are today?"

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Eve Fowler's work will be included in MUSE, curated by Stephen Hilger, at the Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA between the dates of January 14 – February 12, 2010. The exhibition features portraits of women by four American female photographers: Tanyth Berkeley, Eve Fowler, Katy Grannan, and Dana Hoey.

Saul Becker will also have a outdoor sculpture on view in Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, NY, from May 2 through August 1, 2010.

Keltie Ferris is featured in The Art Newspaper in "Artists under 35 at The Armory Show: Keltie Ferris - Bringing back the boogie" by Emily Sharpe.

Saul Becker has been awarded residencies with The Arctic Circle 2010 Expedition and Gros Morne Artist in Residence, Newfoundland, Canada. Gros Morne residency is in partnership with Parks Canada and The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery. Saul Becker will be traveling in the Arctic Circle and Newfoundland this year gathering source imagery for his upcoming works.

The gallery is pleased to announce that Eve Fowler has been awarded a Durfee Foundation Grant to support her collaborative work with Anna Sew Hoy, for their project called "Two Serious Ladies".

Keltie Ferris' work will be included in the group show Objective: Abstraction, curated by Scott Grow, at Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN, between the dates of December 3rd 2010 - January 15th 2011. Objective: Abstraction is a group show focused on the diversity in contemporary abstract painting. The exhibition will be presenting works on paper by a diverse group of artists who, each in their own unique way, are exploring the language of abstraction.

Saul Becker has been awarded The Lighton International Artists Exchange Program travel grant with The Kansas City Artist's Coalition.

Writing for New York Magazine Jerry Saltz states: "I've seen three excellent artists emerge since the start of the new century: Cyprien Gaillard, Leidy Churchman, and now Josephine Halvorson."

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Leidy Churchman is named as one of "The Nifty 50: America's Up-and-Coming" in T New York Times Style Magazine: "13. The New York artist LEIDY CHURCHMAN uses his transgender status to explore the awkward gray areas in all of us. His sculptures and works on crudely painted wood blur the line between insider and outsider art with fresh and welcome humor."

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A sculpture by Saul Becker will be included in the 01SJ Biennial, in a variety of locations throughout San Jose, CA, in between the dates of September 16 - 19, 2010. The 01SJ Biennial–‘Build Your Own World’ is a multi-disciplinary festival that focuses on art, technology and digital culture.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA has received The General, 1992 as a gift for their permanent collection.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Pecci Museum, or the Centro per l'Arte Contempranea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy, has acquired The Harpooner, 2008 for their permanent collection.

Jackie Saccoccio interviews Carroll Dunham & Keltie Ferris for Bomb magazine's website. Read it here.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS has acquired Gravity for their permanent collection. The work is the gift of Marti and Tony Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation.

Sean Horton is included in "Young Power" alongside Kathy Grayson, Nicola Vassell, Yasmil Raymond, Sunny Rahbar & Claudia Cellini, and Joao Ribas in Art + Auction magazine's annual edition featuring the "art world's most influential people."

Christopher Cook interviews artist Keltie Ferris on her first solo museum exhibition Keltie Ferris: Man-Eaters for ARTcasts in collaboration with KCUR.org / NPR. The interview is available for download here.

The exhibition is also reviewed by Laura Spencer for KCUR / NPR with quotes by Bruce Hartman and Christopher Cook. The review is available for download here.

Keltie Ferris' work will be included in Aberrant Abstraction at the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS between the dates of November 20 - January 31, 2010. This group exhibition showcases artists who extend the notion of painting into three-dimensional forms and who often use alternative materials including found objects: Keltie Ferris, Chris Martin, Cordy Ryman, and Agathe Snow.

Keltie Ferris' work will be included in Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and The Ready-Made Gesture curated by Debra Singer at The Kitchen, New York, NY between the dates of November 13 - January 15, 2010. This group exhibition brings together more than twenty New York-based artists whose works engage diverging conceptual approaches to abstract painting and question the fundamental roots of the medium’s modernist legacies: Richard Aldrich, Polly Apfelbaum, Kerstin Brätsch, Jessica Dickinson, Cheryl Donegan, Keltie Ferris, Wade Guyton, Jaya Howey, Alex Hubbard, Jacqueline Humphries, Jacob Kassay, Jutta Koether, Nate Lowman, Seth Price, R.H. Quaytman, Blake Rayne, Davis Rhodes, Cheyney Thompson, Patricia Treib, Charline von Heyl, and Kelley Walker.

Bryan Zanisnik's solo exhibition Dry Bones Can Harm No Man is reviewed by Joseph Wolin for Artforum.com (available for download below).

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Keltie Ferris' solo museum debut Man-Eaters will be on view at the Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO between the dates of October 23, 2009 - February 13, 2010. A publication with an essay by Michelle Grabner will accompany the exhibition.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS has acquired Beard Gods II for their permanent collection.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS has acquired Man-Eaters for their permanent collection. The work is the gift of Marti and Tony Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation in honor of Harrison Jedel.

Leidy Churchman's solo exhibition Good Afternoon! is reviewed by Roberta Smith for The New York Times (available for download below).

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The gallery is pleased to announce that the Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO has acquired The Wrestler for their permanent collection.

Annick Ligtermoet's solo exhibition De Verontrustende Wereld is reviewed by Mara Hoberman for Artforum.com (available for download below).

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Saul Becker's solo exhibition Vistas and Vacant Lots is reviewed by Ken Johnson forThe New York Times (available for download below).

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Jamie Shovlin's work will be included in Distortion at the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy between the dates of June 7 - October 22, 2009.

Daniel Rich's work will be included in Transitions: Painting at the (other) End of Art
at the Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia, Italy between the dates of May 24 - October 31, 2009. The exhibition includes thirty works by twenty-one artists who, independently of their various nationalities, all live and work in New York: Pedro Barbeito, Will Cotton, Ann Craven, Matthew Day Jackson, Jules de Balincourt, Benjamin Degen, Bart Domburg, Lalla Essaydi, Wayne Gonzales, Kent Henricksen, Jutta Koether, Damian Loeb, Enoc Perez, Daniel Rich, Lisa Ruyter, Dana Schutz, Jessica Stockholder, John Tremblay, Kelley Walker, Dan Walsh, and Kevin Zucker.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS has acquired 40 Watts Warmth Is Still Warm for their permanent collection.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the Blanton Museum, Austin, TX has acquired Stairs (For Kelson) for their permanent collection.

Kirk Hayes's solo exhibition Launched To Sink is reviewed by Ken Johnson for The New York Times (available for download below).

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The gallery is pleased to announce that Kirk Hayes has been awarded a painting grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

Keltie Ferris' solo exhibition Dear Sir or Madame is reviewed by Joseph Wolin forModern Painters (available for download below).

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Keltie Ferris' solo exhibition Dear Sir or Madame is reviewed by Martha Schwendener for Artforum (available for download below).

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Keltie Ferris' solo exhibition Dear Sir or Madame is reviewed by Karen Rosenberg forThe New York Times (available for download below).

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Sean Horton, who opened a tiny storefront gallery called SUNDAY on the Lower East Side three years ago, has extended his initial short-term rental of the parlor floor of the federal-style house on West 22nd Street...Mr. Horton, whose taste runs to unknown artists who make quirky paintings...said Chelsea “has a need for young art dealers and young artists.” - Smith, Roberta. "The Mood of the Market, as Measured in the Galleries." New York Times. September 3, 2009.

Leidy Churchman’s sly, tenderly wrought paintings both sort out and blur issues of gender and sexual orientation with a quasi-naïve, sometimes folkish style. His use of oil on beautifully grained wood panels that are often left partly bare enhances the glow of wholesome normalcy...Taut and deliberate, Mr. Churchman’s paintings brim with emotion and quietly, but surely, form a remarkable debut. - Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review." The New York Times. July 17, 2009.

Kirk Hayes is a find. A self-taught painter who works as a groundskeeper at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Tex. Mr. Hayes, 50, creates witty and amazingly effective trompe l’oeil paintings. - Johnson, Ken. "Art in Review." The New York Times. November 8, 2008.

SUNDAY, established in October 2006 by Sean Horton in a modest storefront space on Eldridge near Houston Street, the district's approximate northern boundary. Horton is one of numerous dealers who have adopted the term "inter-generational" to describe their programs. SUNDAY's recent show of small-scaled, materially and narratively layered work by Peter Gallo defied a quick scan. - Maine, Stephen. “Mapping New Territory.” Art In America. March 2008.

On the subject of holiness and accessibility, Texas-born independent curator Clayton Sean Horton also had a splendid notion: starting a New York gallery that would be open on Sundays, called SUNDAY. Located in a residential building, SUNDAY defines itself as humble and domestic, providing an "intimate, casual environment for viewing art." - Papernik, Erica. “New York’s LES.” Flash Art. March 2008.

Just when it seemed like Manhattan real-estate prices had made it impossible for art galleries to cluster in another neighborhood, the Lower East Side has emerged as a real and non-annoying place for looking at art. There are only around 30 galleries, spread out, meaning you have to take a breather as you walk between shows. The neighborhood is mixed-up and interesting; the spaces are small and intimate and call to mind the DIY early East Village. Galleries aren't better because they're here or worse because they're in Chelsea - and in a few years, the Lower East Side may be saturated. For now, however, it's lovely. - Saltz, Jerry. “The Year in Art – Best New Scene – L.E.S.” New York Magazine. December 2007.

I also saw gallerists and artists taking exactly the right kind of risks. First time NADA exhibitor SUNDAY immediately comes to mind, his booth filled with the layered material sculptures of Michael Jones McKean. It’s a ballsy move; objects don’t sell as easily as paintings, they are pricey to transport, and there’s no back up if the work doesn’t sell...McKean’s montage sculptures achieve a level of accomplishment in space activation and exhibition design I have yet to see matched at any art fair, including Basel. What’s more, the work itself is amongst the best I’ve seen, the negative and positive space creating complexity and surface to the work. The arrangements themselves would seem almost too perfectly placed, were it not for the use rich textiles, which demand deliberation of that sort. - Johnson, Paddy. “Risk Taking at NADA.” Art Fag City. December 2007.

Peter Gallo, who lives in rural Vermont and has an excellent show at SUNDAY. A collagist and draftsman of considerable invention, Mr. Gallo is also an art critic and historian, a psychiatric social worker and a wide-ranging reader and music lover, all of which comes through in intensely referential work that embraces Freud, Roland Barthes, Dusty Springfield, gay pornography and ornithology. Mr. Gallo’s art has an insider-outsider look that can, in other hands, turn precious and generic, but he makes it work. I lingered over each piece, and if I had to choose a favorite artist from my tour, he would certainly be on the shortlist. - Cotter, Holland. "An Upbeat Moment for a Downtrodden Area." The New York Times. December 1, 2007.

SUNDAY...exudes a spunky determination, using every square inch of its barely-bigger-than-a-bread-box space to showcase emerging figures; and in an LES context where art venues seem embedded in the comings and goings of ordinary life. - Singer, Debra. “On the Ground: New York.” Artforum. December 2007.

SUNDAY was among the first of the recent wave of galleries to open on the Lower East Side...enthusiastically promoting a fledgling scene before there really was a scene to speak of. As one of the original pioneers, SUNDAY has already established a reputation for installations, video and other works that can be difficult to sell. - Chambers, Chris. “Galleries Migrate to the Lower East Side.” Contemporary. November 2007.

The current crop of shows bolsters the optimism and idealism that goes with a pioneer spirit. The gallery SUNDAY, for instance, has a show by the Vermont painter Peter Gallo that fuses word-play and facture in a rare meeting of the tactile and the cerebral. - Cohen, David. “Catching the Crest…” The New York Sun. November 8, 2007.

For his New York solo debut, the Virginia-based Michael Jones McKean has created several allegorical installations that investigate themes of conquest and power. Objects associated with power and order, ranging from a throne to a large boom box to a conquistador helmet, are juxtaposed with symbols of failure and chaos, such as relics from Russian space disasters and uncontrollable natural forces, like a meteorite and unformed clay. - Hanley, William. "Open Season in New York." Artinfo. September 13, 2007.

SUNDAY owner and former Texan, C. Sean Horton, turned his Lower East Side storefront gallery over to Schwarz, a Dallas native, who fully co-opted the space. The artist set up a reception area in the front of the gallery with a pair of modish armchairs, a low table and a presentation binder. The vibe is pure salesmanship, a cue (whether literal or ironic) to the dealer Horton to “get busy.” - Ewing, John. "Ludwig Schwarz: The Four Seasons (Season Premier)" Artlies. August 2007.

"Vision Sleep A Bad Bad Xmas for Cursed Earth!" is a sculptural installation pairing the works of Brooklyn artist Hilary Baldwin, and the late Louisiana artist Royal Robertson. Robertson was trained as a commercial sign painter, and studied studio art in a course advertised on the back of a matchbook. He created an installation of signs outside of his home, all of which were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. - Chambers, Christopher. New York Sun. August 2007.

Jacques Louis Vidal's appearance at SUNDAY is more than a show; it's a way of art, a two-way street for both the artist and the viewer. At the opening reception of "Wood Folks is Good Folks" the artist enlisted himself and some half dozen volunteers in a performance, which literally wound through (and into) the entire gallery installation. - Wagner, James. "Jacques Louis Vidal and the wooden folks at SUNDAY." JamesWagner.com July 2007.

C. Sean Horton is an avuncular, bearded art junkie who loves vintage country western music and Dr. Pepper. Horton literally built the interior of SUNDAY with his own hands. An artist himself, his keen eye has been honed from inside the studio, and it shows. In its first several months, the gallery has mounted a string of impressive exhibitions including Ed Blackburn's biblically inspired paintings and Gayleen Aiken's diaristic crayon and pen reflections on her native Vermont community. - McAdams, Shane. “The Wild West of NYC’s Galleries.” The Villager. April 25, 2007.

Could downtown, and particularly the Lower East Side, become the next Chelsea? The area already sports a crop of galleries. Maccarone and Canada popped up in 2001, followed by galleries like Reena Spaulings Fine Art, housed in two small rooms of a former brothel. The past year has seen the opening of at least four more, including SUNDAY, run by C. Sean Horton. - Douglas, Sarah. “What’s Next>>Eastward, Ho!” Art + Auction. January 2007.

How fitting to usher in SUNDAY, a new gallery in New York’s Lower East Side, with straight-up biblical paintings by Texas-native, Ed Blackburn. Blackburn, who has devoted his practice to biblical subject matter since the late 1980’s, visualizes canonical stories from the Good Book in a quasi-classical way. Part die Brücke wood-cut, part 1960’s paint-by-numbers and part Saturday morning super-hero cartoons, Blackburn’s paintings and drawings depict Sunday school-style narratives through wonderfully dynamic compositions and graphically bold terms. - Zechella, Elizabeth. "Ed Blackburn at Sunday." ...might be good. November 17, 2006.